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"'Melody' & 'The Water-Heater' stand out from the 4 i've read so far; captivating plotlines, interesting perspectives & a key disturbing emotional twist–in comparison I found 'Sandpiper' narratively flat & stationary, 'Chez Milou' hard to follow w/ SO many characters/relationships/time shifts
Soueif writes such tantalsing English prose as a female Egyptian writer (vs translated El Saadawi & Rifaat; Helal's poetry)" — Apr 09, 2026 10:38AM
"'Melody' & 'The Water-Heater' stand out from the 4 i've read so far; captivating plotlines, interesting perspectives & a key disturbing emotional twist–in comparison I found 'Sandpiper' narratively flat & stationary, 'Chez Milou' hard to follow w/ SO many characters/relationships/time shifts
Soueif writes such tantalsing English prose as a female Egyptian writer (vs translated El Saadawi & Rifaat; Helal's poetry)" — Apr 09, 2026 10:38AM
“Yet not for a single moment did I have any doubts about my own integrity and honour as a woman. I knew that my profession had been invented by men, and that men were in control of both our worlds, the one on earth, and the one in heaven. That men force women to sell their bodies at a price, and that the lowest paid body is that of a wife. All women are prostitutes of one kind or another.”
― Woman at Point Zero
― Woman at Point Zero
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